Ray, Thanks for your careful and detailed response. Here are my answers to your 1-4.
1. Yes, I had gathered as much. 2. I was not limited in the number of .bib files I could add when running LyX on my old computer. But you're right. This is minor and can wait. 3. Yes, this is not an issue. 4. No, I'm not dealing with master-child documents. NEW INFORMATION: I now realize that the .bib file I used (on my old computer) for the most important of my old papers is in my Mendeley desktop on the new computer but not in my BibTeX folder. Yet I can't figure out how to move it to the BibTeX folder. A Windows Explorer search of all my documents does not find it, and the Mendeley Desktop doesn't seem to have any way to move it. Bill On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Ray Rashif <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14 June 2012 04:07, William Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ray, > > > > Below you suggest: " just reselect your bib files by browsing to the > > correct ones." That's what I've been doing but it doesn't work. the > > problem, as I've described it, still exists. > > > > You also suggest: "check to make sure there is no key mismatch. You > > might've changed things in Mendeley which changed the keys, which are > now > > no longer the same as the keys known to bibtex (because they retain the > > keys of the first ever bib file processed)." I don't know what you mean > by > > a key or a key mismatch in this context. > > Choose an existing citation in your LyX document, note down its name > as seen there. For eg., "Michael1999". In Mendeley look for that > specific bibliographic entry, as close as you can remember. Then find > the field "Citation Key". The two must match. > > If not, simply reselect the item in LyX bib dialogue from the > "Available Citations" pane and delete the old citation from the > "Selected Citations" pane. But, let's just run through your initial > complaint so that you know what to expect from LyX. > > 1. "No matter which of my four .bib files I add, I'll get only one or > two References showing up in the final pdf." > > This means the LyX document finds your bib file(s), but is having > trouble with some/most of the citations. > > Any citation with a '?' will not have a corresponding reference entry > below. Only valid citations that show up properly in the PDF output > will have a reference entry in the backmatter. > > 2. "I don't seem to be able to add more than one of my four .bib files." > > This should not happen. You should be able to add as many bib files as > you like, as far as I am aware. It may be wise to file a bug report, > but not before you solve the rest of your problems here. As such, see > this as a different issue for now, and leave it alone / forget about > it. > > 3. "References that do show up are specific to that particular document." > > This is correct. How else would you like it? > > 4. "When I go to another LyX document and try to add a reference the > Available Citation field is empty again." > > Correct. You need to re-insert a bibliography and select the desired > bib files, for every new document. Only master-child documents can > share bibliographies. You have not mentioned anything about master or > child documents, so we assume you're not dealing with those. > > > -- > GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1 >
